Clothes-dipping apparatus for dyeing and cleaning



Sept. l0, 1929.

B. NEUMARK CLOTHES DIPPING APPARATUS FOR DYEING AND'CLEANING Filed Nov. 5, 1927 3 Sheets-Sheet l Sept. 10, 1929. B NEUMARK 1,727,725

CLOTHES 'DIPPING APPARATUS Fon mmm; Aim CLEANING Filed Nw. 5, 1927 5 sheets-sheet 2 Inventor Es/ward a-/na/'fr Sept. l0, 1929. B. NEUMARK 1,727,725

CLOTHES DIPPING APPARATUS FOR DYEING AND CLEANING Filed Nov. 5, 1927 s sheets-sneu 5 Inventar Patented Slept. 10, 1929.

UNITED STATES BERNARD NEUMARK,

PATENT or JoLrnT, krnnrnos.

CLOTHES-DURING' APPARATUS Fon inmune` Ann CLEANING. i

Application led November 5, 1927. Serial Nol 231,267.

The present apparatus described herein and shown in the accompanying drawings is designed for dipping clothes in a bath for dyeing and ycleaningpurposes and one of the important objects ofthe invention resides in the'provision of meanswhereby the clothes may be lowered `into the bath and raised therefrom in an easy and efiicient manner.`

Another very important object of the in' iotvention resides in the provision of meansI rwhereby the clothes when inthe bath may be 'features of construction, and in the combina-` tion and arrangement of parts as will be here? inafter more fully described and claimed.

In thek drawing:

25 Figure 1 is a side elevationof the apparatus yembodying the features of my invention showing thetub in vertical section,

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof, with the handle 9X omitted,

y 4 Figure 3 is an enlarged detail section taken substantially on .the line 3-3 of Figure y2 looking in the direction of the arrow, y

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the/rack,

`Figure 5 is an enlarged detail sectional elevation showing the manner in which the main bracket is swivelly mounted,

Figure 6 is a detail section through a gear casing.

Referring to the drawing in detail it will y be seen that the numeral 5 denotes a tub, tank or other receptacle for receiving iuid such as dye or cleaning solution. A platform 6 is mounted adjacent the upper end of the tub 5 and may be of any preferred construction. A substantially inverted L-shaped bracket 7 yhas its lower i end swivelly mounted on a stationary member 8 suitably anchored on the platform 6 by means of a pin 9 or in any other suitable manner. At its free end the bracket 50 7 is preferably, though not necessarily, provided with a projection handle 9X, Figure 1, for convenientswinging ofthe bracket 7 on said 'pin 91. A gear casing 9 is mounted on the lower end of the bracket 7 and has jQurnaled thereon a shaft 10 with a worm` gear on the center thereof asis indicated at 11 mesh ing with a wormv "12 on a shaft113 journaled vin the casing and extending therefrom, the outer n end, having fixedy thereon afhand crank 14. On the ends of theshaftrlO eXteriorly of the casing 9 there are aflizzed drums l5 having the ends of cables 16 anchored thereto tobewound` thereabout. These cablesl are trained'over f pulleys 17 at the intermediate portion of the bracket and pulleys 18 at the other extremity thereof. The other extremity ofthebracket 7 is in the form of a bearing 19 "with a verti-y cal bore through which is slidable'and rotat' able a standard 20. Adjacent the lowerend c of the standard 20 there is a cross 'member 21 to the extremities of whichthe cablesare an- 1 chored. -As the description yhas `thus far:

progressed it will'b'e seen that'the lstandard t' 20 may be raised by winding the cable 16 `on the drums 15 and may be lowered by unwinding the cables from these drums.` y

A'circular head`23'is liked on the lower,y i

" end of the standard and ay pluralityof eyekv bolts 24 extend downwardly from the periphf.

ery of the 'head in cirfnnnfere'ntial'spacedre-f'l n 4 i il, l. lation the eyes being at the lower ends there-` of, said eyes receiving a ring 25y which. is"A formed with a pluralityof spaced notches 26 `f` at the upper side thereof preferably an equalv number between eachpair ofthe bolts'24 is clearly illustrated in Figure 21; A f f This ringA is adapted to receivetl'ie hooks'` 26 of ordinary clothes hangerssofthata `plurality'thereof maybe supported theref from in spaced relation so ythat thevgarments will depend downwardly therefrom. v.A member 28 is rotatableon the head 23 at an ofi ed engagement `with the stud 29to provide.r quick detachable connectingmeans between y the connecting rod 30 and the head23. .TheL prime mover 34in theformy of an electric.;

motor is mounted on the platform 6 and the armature shaft 35 thereof has a pinion 36 fixed thereon. A casing 37, Figures l and 3, has a vertical shaft 39 journaled therein and extending through the top thereof. Vithin the casing 37 on the shaft 39 there is fixed a worm gear 40 with which kis meshed a worm 4l on a horizontal shaft 42 journaledr in the casing yand through one .side thereof.l On the outer end of the shatt 42 there is iixed ka gear 43 meshing with the pinion 36. On the y outer end of the shai't 39 there is fixed a gear Y 44. A bracket 45 rises from the base along-V side of the casing 37 and has a pin 46 mounted therein and rising therefrom on which is rotatable a gear 47 meshing with the gear 44. An arm 48, Figures l and 3, is fixed to the gear 47 and is longitudinally slotted as at 49. A pin 50 projects from the other end of the connecting rod -into the'slot 49. It will thus be seen that when the connecting rod 30 vis connectedito the head 23 as just described and the motor 34 is in operation the gear 47 will be rotated to reciprocatefthe connecting rod 30 and therebyoscillatethe head 23 about itsaxis. v f A Y In kusing this device the connecting rod 30 is disconnected at 29, 32 from the head 23 so i that the rackrmay be raised by winding the `dip' in the solution in the tank.

,cablev 16 on the drum 15. Vhen the rack is in a raised psitionthe'clothes hangers 27 may be engaged on the ring 25. The rack may then be lowered so that the clothes will The ccn-A nectingrod 30 will thenbe engaged with the head at theconnection 29-32. The motor 34 will be energizedl so as to oscillate the rack as previouslyvindi'cated and this will cause the .clothes tobe propery saturated with the dyevantage enumerated as desirable in the state-V ment of the invention and the above description. Itwill be apparent that changes in the details of construction, in the combination f. and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirity or scope means whereby the standard and rackmay be oscillated.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, a

bracket, a vertical standard slidable in the upper end of the bracket, a rack on the lower end of the standard, means whereby? the standard may be raised and lowered, and means whereby the standard and rack may be oscillated, the said means for oscillating being detachable Jfrom the rack.

f 3. In an apparatus of the class described, a clothes hanger supporting rack, and means for oscillating the rack, and means tor raising the rack along theaxis of oscillation.

4. In an apparatus of the class described, a bracket, pulleys` on the-bracket, a bearing at the upper portion of the bracket, a standard slidable and rotatable in the bracket, cables, pulleys on the bracket over which said CabIesare trained, means for anchoring the cables to the lower portion of the standard, a rack` on the lower end of the standard, and

drumsy on the bracket for winding and unwinding the cables to raise and lower'the standard and rack, and means for oscillating the standard and rack. Q I

5. In an apparatus of theclassdescribed, a bracket, pulleys on the bracket, a ybearing at the upper portion of the bracket, a standard slidable .and rotatable in the bracket, cables, pulleys on the bracket over which said cables l are trained, means for anchoring thecables to the lower portion of the standard, a rack on the lower end ofthe standard, drums on the bracketl for winding and unwinding kthe cables to raise and lower the. standard and rack, means for oscillating the standard and rack, a plurality of eye bolts extending from the headin circular arrangement with the eyes at theV lower ends thereof, and a. ring extending through the eyes.

6. In an apparatus of the class described, a

clothes hanger supporting rack, means for n oscillating the rack, and means for raising the rack along the aXis ot oscillation. said oscillating means being detachable vfrom the rack. n Y

vIn testimony whereof I aiiX my signature.

BERNARD NEUMARK.

of theinvention as hereinafterclaimed or sacricing any of lits advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is: *f

1. In an apparatus ofthe class described, a

bracket, a vertical standard'slidable in the upper end of the bracket, a rack on the lower end of the standard, means whereby the standard may be raised and lowered, and 

